linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Do not use arbitrary large movablecore to calculate kernelcore

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Message-ID: <20150401230023.GC20397@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2015 00:00:23 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Zhihui Zhang <zzhsuny@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not use arbitrary large movablecore to calculate
 kernelcore

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 11:36:02PM -0400, Zhihui Zhang wrote:
> If kernelcore is not set, then we are working with a very large kernelcore
> for nothing - no movable zone will be created. If kernelcore is set,
> then it is not respected at all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhihui Zhang <zzhsuny@...il.com>

I'm confused. What bug is this patch fixing? What is the user-visible
impcat of the patch?
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